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Saturday, September 8, 2012
Here is my first Halloween kit of the season, Spellbound!! This kit has shades of green, orange and grey and will cast a spell on those spooky tags! Check the left side of my blog for stores I sell at! Hope you enjoy :o)
And here is a tag I made with the kit-
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Supplies:
Kit- Farewell Summer by A Taggers Scrap. Visit her blog here for where you can find this great kit!
Tube- I'm using a Pin Up Toon which you can purchase at CDO with a valid license.
Mask- Vix Mask 365 here
Font- Janda Stylish Script here
Photoshop CS5 or font of choice
I use a Mac so when I use Command you may need to use Ctrl
Here we go :)
Command+N to open a new canvas 700x700
Open Frame 10. Command+T to bring up Free Transform and angle the frame to the right a bit. Command+J to duplicate. Edit>Transform>Flip Horizontal. Reposition to the left.
Right click the top frame and choose Merge Down.
Position your tube close up behind each frame, and your paper of choice under the tubes.
I used paper 1.
Click inside each frame opening using the Magic Wand Tool (w).
Select>Modify>Expand by 5px. Select>Inverse.
Hit Delete on the tubes and paper layers. Deselect.
Change blend mode of tubes to Soft Light.
From bottom to top, add the following elements-
(refer to my tag for placement)
fence
box
bouquet
flower 10
leaves 3
wheelbarrow
flower 5
umbrella
basket
ribbon
flamingo
bottle 2
flower 3
birdhouse
grapes
Add main tube behind the birdhouse.
Add drop shadows to tube and elements.
To do this quickly, double click one of the element layers to bring up Layer Styles.
Apply your drop shadow of choice. Right-click that layer and Copy Layer Style.
On all the other layers, just right-click and Paste Layer Style.
Now let's get our mask ready! Open your mask on a new canvas.
Add a new layer above it, and flood fill with color of choice,
or use a paper from kit (I used paper 7).
Make sure your mask layer is activated and Command+A to Select All, Command+C to Copy.
Activate the paper layer, hit Q to turn on Quick Mask mode.
Command+V to paste the mask..it should now be tinted red.
Hit Q to turn off Quick Mask mode and there should now be marching ants on your canvas.
Hit the Add Layer Mask button at the bottom of the layer palette (rectangle with the circle in it)
Right click- convert to smart object
Right click- Rasterize layer
Drag completed mask to your tag canvas as the bottom layer
Resize it if needed.
I duplicated a few times to make it darker.
With your Rectangular Marquee Tool (m), draw out a selection around the entire
tag, just slight smaller than the canvas. Image>Crop.
This will get rid of any stray pixels or drop shadows you don't see.
Image>Trim>Top Left Pixel Corner to remove the excess space.
Add your license and copyright info to the tag.
Add name and any other text of choice.
Merge, save as PNG and enjoy :)
Thank you for trying my tut. If you have any questions or would like to show me your results, feel free to email me (bananas_68@yahoo.com) or post them on my Facebook :)
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Taggers Art e-mag is highlighting SATC for the month of September, and for this occasion I have made a mini kit available for download :) During Sept you can find the kit at Taggers Art here. And I also have an interview to read inside the mag, which you can download here!! Hope you enjoy both of them!
Supplies:
Kit- Amazing Autumn by Gimptastic Scraps. Visit her blog here to grab it!
Tube- I'm using a cute tube by Max-13-Tulmes which you can find at PFD here.
Mask- HorsePlay's Pasture Mask 27 here
Font- Quickier or font of choice
Photoshop CS5 or program of choice
I use a Mac so when I use Command you may need to use Ctrl
Here we go :)
Start with a new canvas 700x700
Place Frame 5 in center of canvas.
Add close up of tube below frame. Position to either side of frame.
Add paper of choice below the tube. I used Paper 5.
Once positioned how you want, Click inside the frame with the magic wand tool (w).
Select>Modify>Expand by 5px. Select>Inverse.
Hit Delete on the close up tube and paper layer. Deselect.
Change blend mode of close up to Soft Light.
Add Frame 4 below the paper so the leaves peek out the top and sides.
Above the frame, add tube of choice to the opposite side of frame from the close up.
Now above the tube, place the following from bottom to top-
Refer to my tag for placement.
leaf 4- Command+J to duplicate. Edit>Transform>flip horizontal. Reposition
duck
berries
flower 5- duplicate, flip, reposition
flower 1
pumpkin- duplicate 2x, resize, reposition
tomato
flower 4
ball
mug
bird 1
hedgehog
Now add drop shadows to each of the elements.
To do this, double click one of the elements to bring up Layer Styles. Apply DS of choice.
Right-click element, Copy Layer Style.
On the remaining elements: right-click, Paste Layer Style.
Now let's get our mask ready! Open your mask on a new canvas.
Add a new layer above it, and flood fill with color of choice,
or use a paper from kit (I used paper 7).
Make sure your mask layer is activated and Command+A to Select All, Command+C to Copy.
Activate the paper layer, hit Q to turn on Quick Mask mode.
Command+V to paste the mask..it should now be tinted red.
Hit Q to turn off Quick Mask mode and there should now be marching ants on your canvas.
Hit the Add Layer Mask button at the bottom of the layer palette (rectangle with the circle in it)
Right click- convert to smart object
Right click- Rasterize layer
Drag completed mask to your tag canvas as the bottom layer
Resize it if needed.
I duplicated a few times to make it darker.
With your Rectangular Marquee Tool (m), draw out a selection around the entire
tag, just slight smaller than the canvas. Image>Crop.
This will get rid of any stray pixels or drop shadows you don't see.
Image>Trim>Top Left Pixel Corner to remove the excess space.
Add your license and copyright info to the tag.
Add name and any other text of choice.
Merge, save as PNG and enjoy :)
Thank you for trying my tut. If you have any questions or would like to show me your results, feel free to email me (bananas_68@yahoo.com) or post them on my Facebook :)
Monday, September 3, 2012
Supplies:
Kit- Fall in Color by A Space Between. You can find this FTU kit here.
Tube- Soon Fall by Alex Prihodka. This gorgeous tube can be purchased at PFD here.
Mask- I used AutumnSplendorMaskbyTonya here
Font- Some Weatz
Photoshop CS5 or program of choice
I'm on a Mac, so when I use Command you may need to use Ctrl
Here we go :)
Open a new canvas (Command+N) 700x700
Place element 37 in center of canvas.
Place paper 7 behind it and click inside the window using the magic wand tool.
Select>Modify>Expand by 5. Select>Inverse.
Hit Delete on the paper layer. Deselect.
Double click the frame layer to bring up Layer Styles. Add drop shadow of choice.
Place element 19 to right side of window. Duplicate (Command+J).
Resize and place copy behind original.
Now position your tube on your tag. I did this first so I could place the elements around her.
To add a soft glow to your tube-
Duplicate tube layer. On top copy Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur 2.
Change blend mode to Screen, Opacity 75%.
Play with the blend modes and opacity to suit your taste and tube ;)
Drop shadow bottom tube only.
Now add elements from the kit to your tag.
Refer to my tag for placement, or do your own thing.
From bottom to top I used:
5
25
77
*19*
18- duplicate, resize, reposition
30
7
9
43
11
27
49
1
*tube*
21
50
Add drop shadow to each layer.
The easy way to do this is to right-click your frame layer and "Copy Layer Style".
Then right-click each element layer and "Paste Layer Style".
Now let's get our mask ready! Open your mask on a new canvas.
Add a new layer above it, and flood fill with color of choice,
or use a paper from kit (I used paper 35).
Make sure your mask layer is activated and Command+A to Select All, Command+C to Copy.
Activate the paper layer, hit Q to turn on Quick Mask mode.
Command+V to paste the mask..it should now be tinted red.
Hit Q to turn off Quick Mask mode and there should now be marching ants on your canvas.
Hit the Add Layer Mask button at the bottom of the layer palette (rectangle with the circle in it)
Right click- convert to smart object
Right click- Rasterize layer
Drag completed mask to your tag canvas as the bottom layer
Resize it if needed.
With your Rectangular Marquee Tool (m), draw out a selection around the entire
tag, just slight smaller than the canvas. Image>Crop.
This will get rid of any stray pixels or drop shadows you don't see.
Image>Trim>Top Left Pixel Corner to remove the excess space.
Add your license and copyright info to the tag.
Add name and any other text of choice.
Merge, save as PNG and enjoy :)
Thank you for trying my tut. If you have any questions or would like to show me your results, feel free to email me (bananas_68@yahoo.com) or post them on my Facebook :)
Sunday, September 2, 2012
The O'Scrap Blog Train has left the station!!! This month's theme was Back 2 School so I have a mini-kit for the occasion :) These bright colors are a little out of my norm, but I decided to give it a shot and try something different lol!! Hope you enjoy! Please do NOT share the link to this download...free to use doesn't mean free to share. You can grab the kit here. And thank you's are always appreciated around here :o)
Continue on the blog train by visiting the other contributors:
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Supplies-
Kit: Sweet Heart by Rieneke Designs which you can find at Twilight Scraps here
Tube: I'm using the work of Nocturne which you can find at PFD here
Mask: WSL_Mask 330 here
Font: Sloop Script
Photoshop CS5 or program of choice
Here we go :)
Open a new canvas 750x750
Place element 29 in center of canvas. Place paper 1 under that.
Using the Magic Wand Tool, click inside the frame.
Select>Modify>Expand. Select>Inverse. Hit Delete on the paper layer.
Deselect and add a drop shadow to the frame.
Behind the paper layer, add element 36 to the right side.
Duplicate and flip, reposition to the left side.
Add element 34 and place on top of the frame, near the middle right. Duplicate
Resize the copy and move to the lower left of the frame.
Add element 43 to the right side and line it up so the string on element 34 is flush with it.
Refer to my tag for placement if needed.
Add element 2 to both sides of the frame, towards the bottom.
Add element 47 to the left of the frame.
Now add your tube of choice. Duplicate.
On top copy, change blend mode to Soft Light, Opacity 50%.
Add element 59 directly above the tube copy layer.
Now from bottom to top, left to right, add the following:
30
68
23
53
17
Add drop shadows to all the elements except 59.
Now let's get our mask ready! Open your mask on a new canvas.
Add a new layer above it, and flood fill with color of choice,
or use a paper from kit (I just picked a blue from one of the hearts and filled the layer with that).
Make sure your mask layer is activated and Command+A to Select All, Command+C to Copy.
Activate the paper layer, hit Q to turn on Quick Mask mode.
Command+V to paste the mask..it should now be tinted red.
Hit Q to turn off Quick Mask mode and there should now be marching ants on your canvas.
Hit the Add Layer Mask button at the bottom of the layer palette (rectangle with the circle in it)
Right click- convert to smart object
Right click- Rasterize layer
Drag completed mask to your tag canvas as the bottom layer
Resize it if needed.
With your Rectangular Marquee Tool (m), draw out a selection around the entire
tag, just slight smaller than the canvas. Image>Crop.
This will get rid of any stray pixels or drop shadows you don't see.
Image>Trim>Top Left Pixel Corner to remove the excess space.
Add your license and copyright info to the tag.
Add name and any other text of choice.
Merge, save as PNG and enjoy :)
Thank you for trying my tut. If you have any questions or would like to show me your results, feel free to email me (bananas_68@yahoo.com) or post them on my Facebook :)
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